Low Medication Knowledge and Adherence to Oral Chronic Medications among Patients Attending Community Pharmacies: A Cross-Sectional Study in a Low-Income Country

Table 5

Determinants of medication adherence.

Variable		Number of patients being adherent		COR	AOR at 95% CI	value
		Yes	No
Gender	Female	63	125	1	1	0.012
	Male	95	119	1.584	1.936 [1.154–3.249]
Age	≥65 years old	16	45	1	1	0.209
	<65 years old	142	199	2.007	1.605 [0.767–3.360]
Education	<High degree	34	124	1	1	0.063
	≥High school degree	124	120	3.769	1.681 [0.972–2.907]
Duration of medication utilization	≥1 year	133	215	1	1	0.095
	<1 year	25	29	1.394	1.820 [0.901–3.677]
Good medication knowledge	No	47	201	1		<0.001
	Yes	111	43	11.040	10.300[6.16517.209]

COR = crude odds ratio; AOR = adjusted odds ratio; 95% CI = confidence interval; : significant at .